As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make
a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.



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Hello Utopian,

25 Aug 24 11:44, you wrote to All:

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old
for console video gaming these days. I might make a special initative
to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe
instead of going to Europe or Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll
do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three
days or more.

i'm with you! :)

Regards,
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Well...

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make
a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.

I turned 47 this year. I've thought more about my retirement than I used to and I'm finishing a job this week and starting a new in September with that in mind but vacations and video games...
So, this year I took the 1st week in July off so I could do the 13 Colonies Special Event. I sat at my radio for a for 3 days till I managed to make contact with a station in each of the original 13 colonies and one in Philadelphia who was a bonus. Got a certificate for my efforts too!
It's not so odd dedicating time to your hobbies, even when they aren't the mainstream.
I'm not sure my wife would swap a trip to Europe against a big ham radio adventure but I would certainly try to sneak so radio in wherever we went!

Every time I see rick Steves on YouTube I remember when I was a student in Prague and toured England and I miss that. Every time I get groceries I'm also reminded of what people are like now 25 years later....

Here's one for you.. The wife was watching Northern Exposure, it was set in Alaska in the early 90's and was actually on TV 1990-1995. I was left after joining her for an episode thinking. What would it be like to be 47 in 1995? I could ask my parents but I'm not sure they'd have an answer, to what it would be like to be the now you back then.

I'm grateful for the revolution in communications. I used to catch a Rick Steves now and then on PBS and now I can call him up and just enjoy it whenever I want. But there was something to that era of having to actually know stuff, and the time it took to seek out and acquire information. Back when we used to rip pages out of our Fodors guides to swap with folks heading where you were coming from and vice versa.

A friend asked me, "would I rather go back and live over again knowing what I know or have $800,000...?" I said, "I'll make new mistakes, will that be cash or a check?"

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Re: Growing Up
By: Utopian Galt to All on Sun Aug 25 2024 11:44 am

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.

Why too old for console video games? I'm 44 and I still like to play console video games sometimes. And in the past 10 years or so, I've set up several different ways to use emulators to play old console games. I modded my Nintendo Wii and installed some console emulators on it. I also have a handheld gaming system that runs emulators (currently a Retroflag GPi case with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4). Also, a couple years ago, I bought a Nvidia Shield Pro for my TV, mainly for streaming, but there's a Retroarch app for it that can emulate multiple old game consoles.

I've always been more of a PC gamer though..

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I visited England twice in 2023 and 2024. I like the food, the weather, the atmosphere. Its my version of going to Hawaii or Disney World.


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As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make
a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.

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On 25 Aug 2024, Utopian Galt said the following...

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make
a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.

Can't beat a nice relaxing time with some good classics. Get a Retro Pi going and let the good times roll.

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On Sunday,August 25, 2024 at 01:23 PM, Nightfox (21:1/137) wrote:

Re: Growing Up
By: Utopian Galt to All on Sun Aug 25 2024 11:44 am

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too
old for
console video gaming these days. I might make a special initative
to play
final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead
of going
to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I
play
some video games for a whole three days or
more.

Why too old for console video games? I'm 44 and I still like to play console video games sometimes. And in the past 10 years or so, I've set
up several different ways to use emulators to play old console games. I modded my Nintendo Wii and installed some console emulators on it. I
also have a handheld gaming system that runs emulators (currently a Retroflag GPi case with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4). Also, a couple years ago, I bought a Nvidia Shield Pro for my TV, mainly for streaming,
but there's a Retroarch app for it that can emulate multiple old game consoles.

Same. 53 years young, and still playing. Some console, some PC. My son is an avid player, and my daughter just shipped off the college to learn game design. I don't plan on stopping any time soon :)

.jA


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n2qfd wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

Every time I see rick Steves on YouTube I remember when I was a
student in Prague and toured England and I miss that. Every time I get groceries I'm also reminded of what people are like now 25 years
later....

We've gone through some money troubles and issues with an ex- troubles,
so didn't do a lot of traveling in the late teens - then COVID
happened. Luckily, California has lots of places to travel relatively
close by.

My son turned 18, so the ex-issues went away. We took the kids to Italy
last year and my daughter to England this year, hoping to inspire them
to want to travel. They both enjoyed themselves, I hope my son gets the
urge to grab a backpack, get a cheap flight and a eurail pass.



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Utopian Galt wrote to N2qfd <=-

I visited England twice in 2023 and 2024. I like the food, the weather, the atmosphere. Its my version of going to Hawaii or Disney World.

We're planning on retiring there - This summert, we visited London,
Bath, Portsmouth and looked at houses and villages in Hampshire. Next
summer is Dorset and Somerset.


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to want to travel. They both enjoyed themselves, I hope my son gets the
urge to grab a backpack, get a cheap flight and a eurail pass.

Good for you getting them out to see something else. I was always impressed at how many Aussies I ran into on the road. Forgive me for not remembering if you were a US Citizen or not.. It seems to me here in the US we're cultivating an insular, inward looking people that are afraid of the world and it makes for poor citizens internally we well as abroad.
I jumped on a plane and went to Prague when I heard that I could actually afford school there. I knew a few pleasantries in Czech when I landed and the experience of being a functional illiterate in another land (not in a uniform carrying a gun) was an awakening to possibilities and potentials I never thought I had in me. On the flip side I was viewed with suspicion and derision by members of my own family upon returning. An uncle who was a DoD guy in Germany for decades gave me the advice that there will be things you want to share with them when you return and many won't want to hear it. They're happy, and just let them be. Not sure if you saw the Hobbit movies, and the scent when they make it back and are sitting in the Hobbit Tavern, (don't @ me about spoilers it's a 20 year old movie) it's a little like that if you come home to your sleepy part of where ever you live. Still I wouldn't trade that opportunity for the world.
I hope both of them find the urge to travel and take that step towards a more world citizen outlook!

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Dear N2QFD,

Im very happy to receive ur message on my BBS witch is also linked to FSXNET.
I think I may have something wrong configured because I almost never receive any message from the FSXNET groups. Luckely I received yours I dont know how.
I will make an account on your BBS. Maybe we can test this better and you give me some tips on how to put this in to work.

Thank you very much! 73

CT7AQH

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CT7AQH wrote to n2qfd <=-

Dear N2QFD,

Im very happy to receive ur message on my BBS witch is also
linked to FSXNET.
I think I may have something wrong configured because I almost never receive any message from the FSXNET groups. Luckely I received
yours I dont know how.
I will make an account on your BBS. Maybe we can test this
better and you give me some tips on how to put this in to work.

Thank you very much! 73

CT7AQH

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The reason you're not getting messages is that you don't have a proper
node number. Look at your Origin line just above. The /999 is a
temporary number used by nodes who are applying for a valid node number
in fsxNet. You can't use that for any length of time.

Have you applied for, and received, a node number from your Hub?



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On 25 Aug 2024 at 11:44a, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

As someone who will be 45 in a week, I am thinking I am a bit too old for console video gaming these days. I might make
a special initative to play final fantasy 4,5 and 6. Or finish Dragon Quest 11. Maybe instead of going to Europe or
Washington DC next spring/summer, I'll do a cheap vacation where I play some video games for a whole three days or
more.

I turned 61 last summer and I still play Duke Nukem and Doom. I've been playing them for nigh on 30 years now. Why stop now?

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I was thinking of one of those new handheld gaming pcs. I dont really play games on the pc to justify spending 2400 usd on a computer.

Then I could get myself a Mac Mini M4.
win win


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